DGLA: Michigan Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2016/17 *** 7th Annual

DGLA: Michigan Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2016/17 *** 7th Annual *** 14 week State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series Sunday Nov 20th 2016 - Saturday Feb 25th 2017 ************ Important date ************* Free to Play for all but for awards and a chance at births you need to be a DGLA Player level $30 - We may have online reg soon but you can send $30 to DGLA through PayPal to [email protected] December 15th 2015 - DGLA Player level registration cu ...
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DGLA: Michigan Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2016/17 *** 7th Annual ***

14 week State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series

Sunday Nov 20th 2016 - Saturday Feb 25th 2017

************ Important date *************
Free to Play for all but for awards and a chance at births you need to be a DGLA Player level $30 - We may have online reg soon but you can send $30 to DGLA through PayPal to [email redacted]
December 15th 2015 - DGLA Player level registration cutoff - Get both Winter & Summer for one low price.....
December 20th 2015 - deadline for adding new leagues to the Point series.
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The Disc Golf League Association (DGLA) is proud to bring you the 7th annual, Michigan Cooperative Point Series – Winter, (MiCPS-W) 2017 season.

The DGLA MiCPS brings leagues and players closer together for more fun, to help exchange ideas and grow the sport of Disc Golf.
Through the use of Disc Golf Scene all the scores, pictures, videos and chat from all leagues and players come together, enabling all the players throughout the state to see what players are doing, what each league is up to and what is new at each of the courses. Growing the sport of Disc Golf together and coming together to crown the Michigan State Disc Golf League Winter Champion.

Earn points for every round you play in a participating Michigan Disc Golf Leagues.

Leagues Coordinators, or players can Opt in to the MiCPS - Once your league is posted on Disc Golf Scene send us the URL of your league About page or post it on the Comments to add your league - It's FREE. Any Michigan league that has rounds played any time between Sunday Nov 20rd 2016 - Saturday Feb 25th 2017 are eligible for the MiCPS-Winter 2016/17. The deadline to add new leagues is December 20th 2015.

** Leagues can always run outside the MiCPS dates but MiCPS points will only accumulate for rounds played between these dates.

Cost: There is no fee to be in the MiCPS-W 2016/17, you just play league rounds in participating leagues and your scores are automatically included. You must have a Disc Golf Scene profile which is also free.

Now if you’re a "Player" and want to show your support even more and have skin in the game and get a return on your performance, for $30 you can become a DGLA Player Member for the year.
Part of your entry is a contribution to the DGLA Member Course Improvement Grant program, along with helping to decide improvements to the Point Series and you are eligible for awards based on your final point standing as compared to the other Player Members. We also normally have Berths to award from MDGO for the Discraft Michigan State Championships in September.

Note there are two Leader boards for the MiCPS one for all players (FREE) and a separate on for just the Player level members to see how you are doing compared to the other Player level members.
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To get Winter and Summer 2017 Point Series you must be a DGLA Player level Member by Dec 15th 2017 when we lock the Player Member list for the Winter Season. No surprises at the end ;-)
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Thanks for supporting DGLA and helping to support the Disc Golf Courses in Michigan. The Disc Golf League Association, inc (DGLA) is a Michigan Non-Profit organization helping disc golf players, clubs and leagues.

Based on player's and league coordinator's ideas and comments and the continued devotion of the DGLA and DGS staff the rules for the DGLA Michigan Statewide Point Series are available here.

Points calculation:
The Point Series point calculation tries to encourage players to play often yet and yet not penalize those who cannot play more than once or twice a week. We also try to encourage all league to participate by a three tier approached based on league size for the points accrual – League below 20 players get a boast, league greater than 60 have a points cap.

During a week (Sunday to Saturday) points are calculated for each participating league round you play. The highest TWO point total from any participating league are added into your total and the others are "dropped". Winter Aces are worth 25 points even if that league round is dropped. League round points are basically calculated by adding 2 points for participation and one point for every player you beat and if there is no tie for first place the winner(s) gets 2 additional points for being the "Out Right Winner". Now that basic calculation are further adjusted to encourage small leagues and balance out larger leagues using three levels; 4-19 players, 20-59, and 60+ players. The points awarded are different for each group. The smaller league rounds will get a guaranteed max point total the same as 20 players, the middle size league round are calculated as described above and the larger league rounds have a cap with max points being set to 60 players.

Scores must be entered the same as leagues determine payouts; If Divisions are used for payouts than scores must be entered by division. If handicaps are used for payouts then the handicap adjusted scores must be entered.

Cali - If there is one Cali in a double league they are counted as two players but if there is more than one Cali than they are only counted as one when calculating point totals. This ensures leagues can have special Cali rounds with multiple players playing Cali, but the point totals are accurate based on the number of actual players that played the round.

As always leagues can use their own points system or no point when entering league rounds, as the MiCPS points are calculated independently, allowing league more flexibility to continue with their legacy systems or try new point systems.

MiCPS automatically keeps your best TWO rounds per week (Sunday - Saturday) when calculating your MiCPS total points. This is automatically recalculated whenever new scores/rounds are posted or scores are updated. Get out and play as much as you can to increase your skill and maximize your points but if you are limited to how often you can play your goal would be to try and get at least two rounds per week.

Winter Aces: Worth 25 points – League Admin – this is automatically calculated so if you want to use a different point system for your individual league Aces you can.

Special Michigan Point Details

Cold temps - Double Points - To encourage play during the coldest days of Winter - Temps at or below a "Feels like" (with wind chill) temp of 15 degrees F.
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Snow incentive - Double Points - If an average of 2" of snow in on the course (average over course) then double points.
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We continue again this year with Coldest Round & Deepest Snow Round of the season for Triple points - Based on the post in the Comment section the coldest and deepest snow will be determined and retroactively for that round Triple Points will be awarded - Determined at the end of the season. This will not affect weekly and monthly leaderboards.

*** IMPORTANT ***
For any of the above Special Michigan Double Points - Round and condition must be reported by posting a comment in the Mi Cooperative Point Series Comment page with the League Name, Date of Round, along with either Temp or Snow details - within two weeks of the round being played. I will manually update the schedule and the points will be re-calculated. Note if you want the extra points to be taken into account for the weekly and monthly stats - Leaderboards, post quickly - the leaderboards lock on the last day of the period (i.e. weekly, monthly) and are not re-calculated.
If you think your in contention for Coldest Temp or Deepest Snow round post those details and this will be determined at the end of the season based on the posts.

DGLA will also be awarding some MDGO, Discraft Michigan State Championships berths for the MiCPS-Winter season. More ways to secure your berth and compete in another great Michigan state-wide disc golf event.

Disc Golf Scene has added weekly & monthly awards to your profile based on MiCPS rounds. That’s more Disc Golf Scene Bling for your profile.

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There are more leagues than ever so get out to some new courses or new leagues and see what is going on throughout the state. Don't overlook the smaller leagues - they tend to incorporate new ideas faster, have a really friendly group feel and you get introduced to the courses with the locals who know them best. I also highly recommend making it out to one of the larger leagues as well to experience the energy of all those players coming together at one time, yet in a slightly more casual environment than a tournament. Bottom line, get out and play often!!!! & Enjoy.

As a player in the MiCPS you represent the core Michigan Disc Golf players and you can really help make this sport better. Help pass along the Disc Golf etiquette that makes rounds fun and fair for all. Encourage new players and pass along some tips to help others improve. Bring a friend out and expose them to leagues. If you pack it in, pack it out - or at least make sure it ends up in a trash can. Keeping the courses clean is critical to keeping our courses.
We have naturally beautiful courses let's help keep them that way.

Thanks and Enjoy the Rounds.
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